[Bug 902628] Re: Clarify man page description of -f option (patch attached)

[Nathan Stratton Treadway]

In bsdutils 1:2.20.1-1ubuntu3 (Precise), the man page now says:

     -f, --file file
              Log the contents of the specified file.  This option cannot be
              combined with a command-line message.

Looks like this was changed upstream:
  http://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/misc-utils/logger.1?id=eabb42c7c310d91c2427a77a1f59d5f221f48d9b

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Title:
  Clarify man page description of -f option (patch attached)

Status in “util-linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The man page description of the logger -f option is a little unclear.
  It might be interpreted to mean that logging will be sent to the
  specified file instead of the logging daemon (actually -f specifies a
  file containing the message to be logged).

  Here (attached)  is a patch to the man page which clarifies this.

  logger is part of package bsdutils.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: bsdutils 1:2.19.1-2ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Dec 10 12:45:41 2011
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: util-linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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